Discrimination of ore-bearing and barren porphyries in the Yulong porphyry copper ore belt, eastern Tibet

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-595

  Jiang, Yao Hui ^a   Jiang, Shao Yong ^a   Dai, Bao Zhang ^a   Ling, Hong Fei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; COPPER; GARNET; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PORPHYRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 47249165751     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.6.583     Document Type: Article

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